emjü
Ye'kwana
editALIV | emjü |
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Brazilian standard | emjö |
New Tribes | emjö |
Etymology
editDerived from önu (“eye”). Perhaps cognate to Kari'na enyky, enupy (“to hurt the eye of, to get something in the eye”) (the expected cognate form would likely be Kari'na *enypy).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editemjü
- (transitive) to put a substance in the eyes
References
edit- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “emjü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 438